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“Bingo will forever be remembered as the amazing police service dog he was,” Demkiw said.
Toronto police chief Myron Demkiw spoke at the memorial service at the Woodbine Banquet Hall. The two-year-old German Shepherd was shot while responding officers were looking for an armed suspect in Etobicoke. “Bingo” of the K-9 unit was killed in the line of duty in July.
Hundreds of Toronto police officers gathered on Friday to remember a special member of the local police service.